The Moundbuilders : ancient peoples of eastern North America

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The Moundbuilders : ancient peoples of eastern North America

George R. Milner

(Ancient peoples and places, v. 110)

Thames & Hudson, 2004

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 208-218) and index

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Description

An account of the achievements of the Moundbuilders of America designed for the general reader and student. Variously attributed to the Phoenicians, Vikings - even the ten lost tribes of Israel, in fact the curious mounds were built by the Native Americans themselves.

Table of Contents

  • A heavily forested and thinly peopled land
  • mobile hunter-gatherers
  • sedentary hunter-gatherers - Middle- to Late-Archaic
  • builders of burial mounds and earthworks - Early to Middle Woodland
  • villagers facing great change - Late Woodland
  • chiefs come to power - Mississippian
  • northern villagers - Late Prehistory
  • a trail of tears - Native American and European contact - guide to Eastern Woodland sites.

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